Thermal waters

This course focuses on natural mineral waters and thermal waters, whose specific characteristics make them special resources in terms of exploitation, management and protection of their deposits. Students will be trained in the specific technical and regulatory/health aspects of exploiting these resources, notably through presentations by industry professionals and a visit to an exploitation site. They will also be made aware of the management and protection of this type of aquifer, so as to be able to propose study protocols to be implemented in situ to characterize and protect these resources, and thus acquire hydrogeological expertise for this type of aquifer.

The aim of this course is to provide students with complementary and specific knowledge of mineral and thermal waters, so as to train them in the management and protection of these deposits. At the end of this course, they will be able to :

- Recognize and identify the specific characteristics of natural mineral and/or thermal waters (origin, properties, water management and protection),

- Master the regulatory and sanitary requirements for exploiting and managing these resources,

- Master the concepts and tools needed to explain the origin of flows and their residence times based on geological, hydrodynamic and hydrogeochemical/isotopic information.

- Propose methodological protocols to be implemented to characterize the hydrogeological functioning of the deposit and possible impacts in terms of protection and management of the associated resource.

Natural tracing - Natural flow tracing and aquifer vulnerability

100% continuous assessment including a MCQ and a report with the aim of proposing a detailed methodological protocol for characterizing the hydrogeological functioning of a thermal system.